The state legislatures are really the key. In aggregate, the 50 legislatures have a massive amount of power, particularly through their duty to draw congressional district boundaries. The GOP figured this out and they take state-level politics very seriously. For some reason the Democratic party has not been able to…

These assholes don’t see women as a different species. They see women as a lesser species. Also minorities, anyone who is LGBT, and anyone who is friendly to any of those constituencies.

I share your concern. This crop is giving all the latent racists/misogynists/homophobes/etc. permission to be open about how they feel, and now that they’ve found “their people” (all the other hate-based constituencies that they always believed existed) they’re eager to use that newfound solidarity to change the…

Kasich is a terrible person and would be a terrible president. Yet I’m suggesting that we left-leaning folks should hold our noses, pull GOP ballots in the primaries, and vote for Cruz, Rubio or Kasich in order to keep Trump from the nomination. The other three can’t win in November, but Trump could. The time to stop…

FAKE! No way is Kristaps Porzingis a real name.

There are a lot of people on this planet who just suck, and anywhere there’s a democracy, it’s inevitable that some of the people who suck are going to get some degree of power. Seems like they crave it. Not even Canada is immune.

Doesn’t have to be just a CTE thing. Can be wider than that, a “football is hell on the human body” thing.

Oftentimes if the waitstaff advises you to avoid something, they’re not necessarily saying it’s bad everywhere, they’re probably saying that their cook is bad at making it. I once had a waitress say to me, “I’d advise against ordering that, we’re thinking of taking it off the menu.” That waitress received an excellent…

And yet, “nuke-yoo-ler.” Am I supposed to remove syllables or insert extra ones?

Yurp. Gotta spell it the ’Merican way.

If you’re playing against non-sporties, they’ll insist you made the name up, and then they’ll think you made up the pronunciation.

He was going to miss half of this season because of the 2nd suspension, but yeah, he was due to get a crapload of money.

I think in your late 30s you have to keep mentioning your age because a big part of you doesn’t really believe it. I often have to think for a moment now when someone asks my age, and sometimes I’m off by a year. The constant restatement is in part an effort to convince yourself that you’re not 24 anymore.

Not saying he is a nice person. I’m saying that Duerson and Seau beat their wives, among other things, and now they’re seen as innocent victims because of CTE. If we can forgive that, we can certainly forgive Fouts for being a narcissist.

Agreed. Dave Duerson and Junior Seau became terrible people in their later years, and we forgive it because of CTE. But Dan Fouts makes one dumb comment ABOUT the condition and there’s no acknowledgment that there’s a good chance he suffers from it, too.

No, I’m just an idiot who completely failed to make a cogent point. I was trying to argue that white people need to embrace diversity onscreen, but I botched it.

I appreciate your understanding. I’ve been fortunate to know and become close friends with a lot of people who members of classes that are discriminated against, and I feel deeply on their behalf that a diverse society is better society. So I read an article like this and my first thought is, “Why are my fellow white…

That was precisely the point I was trying to make, but I failed utterly. What I meant to convey is that white dudes like me need to stop being so narrow-minded about seeing other demographics on TV and in films. I apologize for my offense.

My first instinct was to get defensive, but then I went back and read my comment and realized I totally came off like an arrogant, entitled white boy who doesn’t get what the deal is with all this “diversity” hoopla. Obviously I need to take more care with what I write in the future.

You are right to criticize my post, it was poorly worded, ignorant and ultimately made the opposite point of what I intended. I am deeply sorry.